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Device and method for utilizing water flow kinetic energy continuously

a technology of kinetic energy and water flow, applied in water-power plants, machines/engines, electric generator control, etc., can solve the problems of destroying villages and forests, waste of material resources and labor, and immeasurable loss, and achieves the effect of simple and convenient us

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-08-19
LEUNG KWONG KEUNG
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Benefits of technology

"The present invention provides a device and method for utilizing water flow kinetic energy continuously. The device includes a water pump, flume, and hydro-generators placed on the flume. The water pump can be positioned at either end of the flume. The device can be used to generate power and work in various traffic and transportation means such as vehicles, ships, and other electric products. It can also be combined with various electric products for use in various occasions such as the sea, riverbed, reservoir, and mountain. The technical effect of the invention is to provide a simple and convenient device for utilizing water flow kinetic energy continuously, which can solve the problem of hydro-generators not working when no water is supplied from the upstream."

Problems solved by technology

The convention method for establishing a relatively high and large reservoir wastes lots of time, material resource and labor in cutting off water flow, and destroying villages and forest, etc to build dams.
In addition, because of natural disasters such as earthquake or human factors, the dam is likely to break to cause immeasurable loss.
Once no enough water supplies to the reservoir from the upstream or no ample rainwater falls into the reservoir, the water storage tanks of these water power stations are unable to generate power to the power consumers, thus directly affecting people's work and normal life.
In addition, all the conventional hydroelectric installations published in the patent literatures or other documents are not only cumbersome but with lower power supply benefit.

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[0042]FIG. 1 shows a hydroelectric installation in accordance with the present invention, and the fundamental structure technical features of the present invention comprises: 1. a drain device includes powered water pumps and power supply switch control equipments, etc, such as the powered helical water pump 101 (as shown in FIG. 1A) which are disposed at a tail end of the flume; 2. flume containers are open-type flumes 105, 107; and 3. multiple power generating units 108, 123, 109, 122, 110, 121, 111, 120, 112, 118 and various facilities with respect to the above respective devices.

[0043]The water pump 101 has a motor to drive the water pump 104 including a helical waterwheel, which is disposed in the flume 105 to discharge the water from the well of the flume 105 out of the flume 105 through the drainage pipe exit 102, and drive the water outside the flume 105 to continually flow into the well of the flume 105 through the flumes 107, 106 to drive the respective waterwheel power ge...

second embodiment

[0064]FIG. 2 illustrates a hydroelectric installation in accordance with the present invention. The main technical features of the present embodiment include: a liquid container 201 divided into two containers A and B by a divider, pipes 221, 205 employed to supply a proper liquid to the container B from the container A, the respective hydro-generators 220, 219, 217, 216, 214, 213, 211, 210, 208, 207 that are disposed on the pipe, a water pump 202 disposed in the container B and its power switch, etc. The containers and water pipes in the present embodiment can be made of metal or other various proper materials such as plastic, concrete, etc. The operation steps of the hydroelectric installation in the present embodiment can be operated in two methods: a.: firstly, closing the drainage valve 222 on the pipe of the container A; and then filling water into the container A until the water reaches the water level 223; after that, opening the drainage valve 222 to make the water in the c...

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[0068]Referring to FIG. 4 a hydroelectric installation in accordance with the present invention comprises a liquid drainage passage defined by a water tank 405, a drainage passage 406, a flume outlet 410, etc, a suction pipe 401 and a suction inlet 402 of an electric water pump that is installed on a riverbed or in the sea, and plural hydro-generators 407, 408, 409 that are installed on an oblique flume. Further, the reference number 403 in FIG. 4 represents the water level 403 of the suction pipe. The operation method of the hydroelectric installation in the present embodiment comprises the steps of: firstly, actuating a water pump 404 by means of external power to pump water from the river or sea into the drainage passage 406 of the container through the suction inlet 402, and then the water will flow along the drainage passage 406 downwards and finally out of the flume outlet 410 into the desired positions such as reservoir 411, man-made channel or natural channel 412, etch. Whil...

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Abstract

A device for utilizing water flow kinetic energy continuously comprises at least one water pump, at least one flume and plural hydro-generators. The water pump is employed to continuously supply water from a water supply to an upper head end of a flume, and then the water will naturally flow from the upper head end of the flume to a lower tail end to drive the plural hydro-generators disposed on the flume to generate power. The flume has a length larger than a distance between the water supply and an upper head end of the flume. The water is finally discharged to a desired position or back to the upper head end by a water pump disposed at the lower tail end of the flume.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to a device and a method for utilizing water flow kinetic energy continuously.[0003]2. Description of the Prior Art[0004]Commonly, all the existing water power stations generate power by converting potential energy into kinetic energy. The convention method for establishing a relatively high and large reservoir wastes lots of time, material resource and labor in cutting off water flow, and destroying villages and forest, etc to build dams. In addition, because of natural disasters such as earthquake or human factors, the dam is likely to break to cause immeasurable loss. Once no enough water supplies to the reservoir from the upstream or no ample rainwater falls into the reservoir, the water storage tanks of these water power stations are unable to generate power to the power consumers, thus directly affecting people's work and normal life.[0005]In addition, all the conventional hydroelectr...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): F03B13/08F03B17/04
CPCE02B9/00F03B17/005F03B17/063Y02E10/28F05B2240/93Y02E10/22F05B2240/40Y02E10/20Y02E10/30
Inventor LEUNG, KWONG-KEUNG
Owner LEUNG KWONG KEUNG
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